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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29

st. Paul looking up the sights. Lambert
Smith has sold his farm, situated about two
miles from the city, to Bassett s. Ringer, the
consideration being $4,000. A musical and
literary entertainment for the benefit of the
college is being arranged by Prof. Grove for
Feb. q. Councilman Dodge spent Sunday
with his family, returning TO Bismarck Mon
day. Mrs. d. l.. WILDER delivered q short
temperance address at the concert at the Bap-
fist church Sunday night. Cards have been
received here announcing the marriage Of
a. G.. Chambers and Miss Josie S. Tun-
nicliffe at Erie, Pa, January Is. Both arc
well and favorably known here, Mr.. Cham
bers being the manager of the N. D. Elevator
company, and the bride former prominent
society lady Robert McCabe has sue
ceeded in obtaining committee clerkship at
Bismarck. Mayor Long was in ST. Paul
last week. The amount of business done at
jamestown can be imagined from the fact
that j. w. Sheridan, the fuel and feed dealer,
mas vouchers showing that he has paid $780,
U.s. SO for freight during the year 1886. De-
partmenu Commander Lucas has written to
members OF the G.. A. II. post of this city
stating that the encampment will probably be
called for about March %. Al effort is now
pelng made to secure greatly reduced rail-
ROAD rate. The band boys are practicing
twice week. and expect to show up during
course music that will surprise the natives.
Capt. G. w. Ingraham and mother ara
visiting relatives in Brainerd. Attorney
White has returned from Sanborn, where he
was called on business connected with the
PeaSe defalcatiOn suit. AT the request of a
number of parties Supt. Foley has decided to-
open q course in peQmauShip.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29
AN OMNIBUS EsLn.
How the North and South Will
Unite TO Beat the Governor.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the GLOBE.
BISMARCK, Jan. 2S.-Just now there is
unity among the Southern members of the
house. The trifling trouble that they re-
Gently had with the North has seemingly
united them more firmly than ever, but the
most sanguine members among them are
afraid that the combination will go to
pieces OH the question of appropria-
tons. as nearly every section of
the country has an appropriation to ask.
There are already two bids in Tor
soldiers homes, one to be located at
Pierre and the other at Hot Springs. They
are both South Dakota institutions, and
then there is wanted an educational inst-
tute at Ordway, and Representative Suli-
van is here to get an appropriation for
the building of a reform school at Plank
linton. This school was located
two years ago, but no appropriation
was made for its construction.
That is what Mr.. Sullivan wants.
North Dakota wants an appropriation for
the completion Of the capitol, and with all
these wants in the field there is a great op-
portunity offered the factions for trading
and bargaining. The two soldiers homes
will probably be the cause of the break in
Southern ranks if there is one, for there is
liability of the Pierre element and the
Hot Springs faction allying themselves with
the North ii by so doing they can carry
their point. Either of these factions is liza
bic to say to the North, Here, you stand
by us in getting this appropriation for our
soldiers home and we will help you On
your capitol appropria tion,' and in this
way the deal will probably be made. and
thus Mitchell may get the United States
courts from YanktOn. All existing insti-
tutions in both North and South Da-
kota will, of course, be taken care OF. The
appropriations for the building of new in
situations are what are giving the lawmak-
erS trouble, and they are not sure of the
proper way to go at it. They fear if they
send these bills in to the governor separately
he will veto the appropriations for the new
establishments. and it is not probable that
deal of this kind could be put up between
the North and the South, and each would be
afraid that the other party's bill would be
approved and theirs would get a veto, so it
has been about settled that towards the last
of the session an omnibus bill covering all
appropriations for existing and new insttu-
tions will be passed and the governor will
be virtually obliged to approve it, from the
fact that there is not time enough to pre-
pare other bills, and if he vetoeS it the in
situations now existing will be left out i'll
the cold to wrestle through two years with
out grass or water. TEE AITCH.
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AJ0BBERs, ASSOCIATION.
rs what Auditor Caldwell Dubbe,
the House of representatives.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
BISMARCK, Jan. 2S.-An old settler told
me to-day that during all his experience
among the politicians of Dakota he had
never before seen so much trading and so
much bargaining going on among the differ-
emf factions as is going on during the pres
ent session of the legislatures; and to one
who is on the inside and is able to see the
deals that are going on, it seems that the
affirmation of the old settler cannot be
otherwise than true. for it is evident that
almost every member of the lower house
has come here with one or more bills in his
pocket that will require one or more combi-
nations to put them through. Territorial
Auditor Caldwell hit the nail pretty nearly
on the head the other day when he came
into the representative chamber with a slip
of paper in his hand, and. when asked what
it meant, he replied that it was sample of
the badge that he was going to order for the
members of the house to wear. On the
slip of paper were the words: job
bers Association. Politics cut no figure
whatever in the legislature: it is simply
war between sections. There are, | think,
but eleven open-faced Democrats in the
house, the rest being Republicans, and yet
when a few nights ago, Martin Grigsby, a
political leader in the South, called meet
ing for the purpose of organizing the Re-
publicans there were only four responded
to the call and Mr.. Grigsby gave up in dis
gust. 1t will be impossible to organize per-
manently or to put up any permanent com
bnations. bat all along the line of work
until the last week of the session there will
be combinations made and agree ments en-
tered into between factions only to be shat
tered when their object is attained and when
the legislature finally adjourns there will
be the old feudal feeling between the North
and South, East and West and Central
Dakota that existed the day before the two
houses were organized. The schemes for
shifting the United States and territorial
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And That They Don't Want to
Consider Bills for Dakota's
Admission,
So Little of the Session Left That the
Territory is Expected to Get
Little Attention.
The Government Advised to Put Some
Money in Buildings and Save
Itself Expense.
Dakota's Old Soldiers Very Numer-
Gus and Sadly in Need of a
Home.
Abraham Lincoln Be Not
Abandoned.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-Judge Clifford
seems to be wholly unconcerned about the
interview in which Judge Church says that
he and Judge Mcconnell are willing to
come to Washington any time and assist
him before the house and senate commit
tees upon the general question of admitting
Dakota. The judge says that is all gam
mon, as both Judge Church and Judge Nc
Council know that there is practically no
hope of admitting Dakota this session. and
he does not propose to be roped into any
compromise attempt to work upon the COM
mittees. He leaves the responsibility en-
tirely with the Democrats Oh the house
committee on territories, and says plainly
that if Chairman Hill and MI. Springer
were disposed to have Dakota admitted
they could do it in an hours time. He pro-
nounceS them both demagogues, and
says that they are pretending to be
willing to admit Dakota, and at the same
time are accomplishing nothing. Hill will
get up in the house and call upon the COM
mittee on rules to report resolution fixing
a day for the consideration of Dakota bills,
well knowing by previous understanding
with the Democrats OH the committee that
the request will not be even considered in
the committee. AS the work of the session
is now dragging, although it started out
well in December, and there remains a
large number of important measures be-
sides the regular appropriation blls-the
most important of which are still I'M
touehed-there seems to be now but about
three weeks of solid work left in the ses-
sion. If Dakota is to be considered at all
during those three weeks, something super
human must intervene to give her chance
unless Messrs. Hill and Springer change
their tactics and show some disposition to
rive fair nlaY
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PLEASEs THE FARMERS.
The Great Amount of Snow ON the
Prairie Gives Promise of Rich
Crops.

Prairie Gives Promise of Rich
Crops.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK, Jan. 2S.-There is a great
deal of snow on the ground, but the farmers
of Burleigh and Stutsman counties are
highly elated over the fact, though the law
makers who are obliged to plod through and
over the heavy drifts to the capitol deplore
it. The farmers are pleasant because in
the snow they picture rich and abundant
crops next fall, blessing that is very
much needed, as the farmers in this part of
the country suffered severely from the
drouth last year, consequently the pull for
them this winter is hard one and many of
them will be obliged TO borrow capital on
which to put in their seed for the crop of
next fall. A great deal of snow on the
prairies of Dakota is beneficial in more
ways than one. 1t keeps the ground warm
and prevents the frost from settling very
deep below the surface, and when the
spring thaw comes what frost there is in
the ground quickly comes out and the land
can be made ready for early sowing, and
then with large amount of snow OIL the
prairie there are reasonable prospects that
all the rivers. creeks, ponds. pools and small
4oEACo NIllCh IOl Ia HolCul dl 1cSSISOltS W NC
drawn on by the surrounding country will
be filled and the supply amply sufficient to
last throughout the summer, rendering such
a destructive drouth as occurred last sea-
son impossible This is why the farmers
are so jublant and hail with delight the
snowflakes that add to the eighteen inches
that alread lay on the prairies. While the
farmers are not slow in showing their pleas
ure at this state Of things. the citizens of
Bismark. and especially Mandan, are fear
full that when the spring thaws come and
the river breaks up the great amount of
snow Oh the prairies. bluffs and in the val
leys will tend to flood the country and do
no little damage to property. 1t has been
several years since the people of the Mis-
souri, valley have been treated to good
washoHb,.7but it Is the general impression
that unless the snow melts away gradually
from now on, by the middle of next April
the valley will be afoat. TEE A1TcH.
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appropriations asked for by representatives
from different sections have caused all this
auctioneering and trading. and the North
is the
FOUNTAIN OF SALVATION III
toward which they all look, and if the
South did bring majority into the lower
house, and if there is every prospect that
the South Will be in the majority when
the legislature adjourns. the North reason
ably congratulates herself on being on top
at the present time, and can remain on top
so long as she plays her cards in a COOL
calm and collected way. In making her
requests she must be exceedingly circum-
spect; the South will probably giant
her an reasonable appropriation or request.
but it is hardly to be hoped that her request
for an appropriation for the completion of
the capitol would be granted under the
strongest combination that could be put
up, for the South is bitterly opposed to it.
Any Southern representative who goes on
record as having voted for such an appro-
priation might as well dig his grave and
hang himself right here, for his constituents
would not tolerate him. This [ am told
by fair-minded representatives from the
less bitter districts of the South. 1t is
given out that the South is perfectly willing
that Bismarck should have the capitol, but
they will never vote a cent to making it
more than it is, and the impression caught
from conversation with citizens here who
contributed towards the construction of the
capitol is, that they would willingly consent
to. its removal if they could get 20 per
cent. Of the amount they invested in it.
TEE AITCH.
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A BIT OF HISTORY,
which HErs. us,erOveriooks i'm Her
Book. ssBcots and SaddIe.,'

Specldi 10 bHG GiODe-
BISMARCK, Jan. 2S.-One finds many
matters here to write of which are not of q
political nature and are yet interesting to
the great majority of readers. In CONVEX
sation with Arthur Linn, an old resident of
this country, few days ago. L drew out a
little incident in the early history of the
Missouri valley that has not been published.
1t was in connection with Gen. Clusters
movements in this country, and although
the storm that ragged at this time is men,
toned in Mrs. Clusters interesting book,
Boots and Saddle" the prominent details
are overlooked, possibly because Mrs. Gus
ter herself is the central figure. 1t was in
the fall of '73. Custer with his men had
camped OH the river bottom just below
Yankton, where they were to wait for sup
plies for their trip westward for the pur-
pose of protecting the engineers, who were
engaged in laying out the line of the North
ern Pacific road. The tents had been
pitched but a day, when terrible blizzard
came up, and one of the officers, who had
arrived that evening in the city, came to
Mr.. Linn and asked him to guide him to the
camp. The snow fell in binding
sheet. but Mr. Linn aud the officer
felt their way along fence that had been
succeeded in reaching the camp. Gen. Gus
ter and his wife were quartered in crazy
old building that had formerly been occu-
pied as pest house OF smallpox hospital,
and when Mr.. Linn and the officer arrived
there they found Gen. Custer lying in the
loft sick. and in the room below lay half
dozen soldiers unable to sit up. and Mrs.
Custer was nursing them all from her hus-
band down. With q few lath that had
been left in the house fire was kept burn
ing in the miserable stove that filled one
corner of the room. and the temperature
was kept at comfortable degree. Under
the. guidance Of Mr.. Linn the men who
were able to work went to the town, Sc
cured two or three bob sleds, and attaching
ropes to them transported the sick ones
from the camp to more comfortable quar-
tiers in the town, where they were cared for
until once more on their feet
TEE AITCH.
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WILL ASSIST CHURCH.
Some of Those Who will BE Ap
pointed by the New Governor.


Special to the Globe.
HURON, Oak, Jan. 2S.-On the return
OF Judge Church from Bismarck here, after
the converting of the legislature, he was the
recipient OF numerous calls from distinguish
ed members OF the Democratic party. Just
what the nature of these visits was is a
matter of conjecture, but it is safe to pre-
sumo some of them were not
merely formal OF of congratula-
tory character. Among the number,
and whose presence elected the
greatest curiosity, was Hon. John Il. Will
son, of Deadwood; Hon. NJ. II. Day, of
Springfield; Hon. j. w. Hardin, of Jerauld
county; Hon. NJ. II. Rowley. of Mitchell;
Maj Barrett. of Aberdeen; Hon. Mat Ger
ing, of Elk Point; Hon. j. w. Engle, of
Aberdeen; Judge Pratt, of Grand Forks,
socket From one who is thoroughly
competent to Judge, and who is sup
posed to be good authority as to what the
above named gentlemen desire at the hands
OF Gov. Church, your correspondent learns
erS that the new executive will certainly
name Mr.. Day as auditor and Mr.. Wilson
as treasurer; in fact it is generally conceded
that Judge Church has already decided on
these two gentlemen for the position named,
and their appointment would be
eminently satisfactory and just recogni-
ton of their past services and donation to
the Democracy of Dakota. There are
numerous gentlemen mentioned in connec-
ton with
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Among the more prominent, however.
and who are quite likely to receive favora-
BILE attention are Maj. Barrett, of Aber-
deem, and Hon. j. w. Hardin, of Jerauld
county. For attorney general Mr.. Engle, of
Aberdeen, would delight to be his own sue
cessor. while Mr.. Rowley, of MITCHELL; Mr..
Gering, of Elk Point; Mr.. Hundley, of
Huron, and Mr.. Pratt, of Grand Forks, are
all DESTROYS of the appointment. Capt
Nave. of Woonsocket, would not refuse the
chair of Lauren Dunlap as commissioner of
immigration should it be offered him.
1t is said that Mr.. Church regards
the railroad commission and the
commissioner of immigration as of the
greatest Importance, and will give both
offices careful consideration, and be in no
Immediate haste to fill them with new and
inexperienced men. He is very cordial
with Commissioner Dunlap and has very
high personal regard tor him, and APP
preciates the fact that he is peculiarly
fitted for the position he has so satisfac-
terily filed. and it will not be sur
prising if the appointment Of a successor to
Mr.. Dunlap should be delayed for some
time: The question of politics is not likely
to cut a very great figure so far as the Office
of commissioner of immigration is con-
cerned. Experience, competency and a
thorough knowledge of the work will out
weigh political preferment in this Office, at
least
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-29
Did They Perishl

PEMBINA, Jan. 2S.-Fears are enter
tanned by friends of Henry Kabemacle and
James Nevins- of Pembina. that they were
among those who persisted in the Baltimore
& Ohio disaster on Jan. 4. At that date
they were supposed to be on their return
trip from Baltimore, where they had been
visiting relatives. Since Jan. 2 they have
not been heard from. Yesterday, their
friends being alarmed at their non-appear-
ance, telegraphed to Baltimore. but no re-
ply has yet been received. Nevins was
warden of the Bismarck penitentiary for
nearly year, and has lost his position in
consequence of not returning on Jan. as
agreed.
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This Washabaugh refused to do. as 1t
would place him in very bad light in the
eyes of his constituents, who were bitter
against the capital commission, and if
they found that they had sent representa-
tive to the legislature who would cast
his vote in favor of making president of
the council man who had been member
of the capital commission, they would
make it extremely warm for him on his re-
turn home. Mr.. Washabaugh remained true
to the principles on which he was elected
and refused to vote for Matthews. not on
grounds of personality but on the ground
of principle. Before the vote was taken
he explained his position to Mr. Matthews.
who understood it, and embarrassment was
saved Mr.. Matthews and dead lock
avoided by Mr.. Grigsby. who CALAMITY
came to the front, threw aside his section
alism and cast the vote that made Mr.. Mat
thews chairman of the council. and he did
this at a risk of mourning the dspleasure
of his South Dakota constituency.
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INJUSTICE TO OFFICIALS.
How Resident Newspaper Core.
spOudents Vent Their Spleen ON
Efficient Officials.

Efficient Officials.
Special to the Globe.
BISMARCK. Jan. 2S.-Several Eastern
newspapers are represented here by CORE
sp0ndents who are citizens of Bismarck,
and are naturally in sympathy with Bis
marck and North Dakota generally. AS a
result biased reports have been sent out and
an injustice has been done W. G. Eakins,
chief clerk of the house, and Sergeant-at-
Arms RorOpaugh, whO it has been claimed,
were to have been removed from Office if the
recent scheme that threw the house into
deadlock had worked, on the grounds
of incompetency. This assertion has en-
ragged the majority of Northern members of
the house, who deny that there was any
intention on their part to remove the
present officials. Chief Clerk EakinS is
not deserving of the charge of incompe-
tency. He came to the Office with an eX-
perience that amply fitted him for it, and
he has performed his duties with general
satisfaction, so tar as L can learn, to the
members Of tine house. Two years ago he
was assistant to Chief Clerk Howard in the
council, and for three weeks of the session
disposed of the duties of both chief and
assistant in consequence OF Mr.. Howard
not being able to reach here, owing to a
snow blockade of southern roads. In the
performance Of the duties of his Office he is
ably seconded by Maj. Hamilton, of Grand
Forks, who was assistant to Clerk Read
two years ago, and whose legal training
and experience in this capacity rem
der him valuable assistant to
the chief. In regard to Sergeant-at-
Arms Rorapaugh, to bring the charge of in
competency against man in his position is
highly absurd. as about the only qualifica-
ton demanded of candidate
for that office is that he possess
sufficient strength to open and shut a door
and a voice loud enough to inform the
speaker that a message has been sent down
from the council. Mr.. Rorapaugh is an
old-time settler of DeadwOod, and for
long time was marshal of that city, and for
two terms has worn the badge of deputy
sheriff, which position he holds now. He
has filled the office Of sergeant-at-arms sat
isfactorily to all parties, both north and
south of the 10th parallel of latitude, and it
is stated Oh good authority that in the
scheme of few days ago there was no i'll
tention of removing him. and any impress
sion given by newspaper correspondents to
the contrary seems to be erroneous.
TEE AITCH.
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THE DAKOTA EDITORS.
Don't Pay Amy Hotel Bills.

DOH' { ray AIy HOIeI bIIIS.
Mandan Times.
Good stories are told of some of the south
ern members of the legislature, who do not
desire to pay 81 a day for board at the hotels
1t is said that if person steps into room
where several are ''batching'' it he is apt to
find one with a skillet finland frying potatoes
and other esculents, another darning pair
of socks, another happily smoking flyer,
while at the rear end of the room can be-seen
a clothes line well covered with socks, shirts,
handkerchiefs, unm-dergarments, etc, dry
ing, the room being well filled with mixture
of steam, smoke and sweet (?) favors from
the cooking. Our Eastern cousins will be apt
to hold up their hands with holy horror at this
state of affairs, but it they want to learn
something, let them attend session of the
Dakota legislature.